What To Do If You Are Injured In A Car Accident in Texas
Should I Accept the First Settlement Offer?
Strategies to Maximize the Amount You Recover When you have been injured and have extensive medical expenses or can’t work, you want to get payment for your losses as soon possible. For that reason, an initial settlement offer from a defendant’s … [Read more...]
Hydrogen Sulfide Injury and Death Claims
If you work in oil and gas fields, you may have had a whiff of Hydrogen Sulfide, or H2S gas. In small concentrations, it smells like rotten eggs, but when more pervasive, can have a sweet smell. It’s anything but sweet, though—even at low levels, it … [Read more...]
Common Mistakes That Will Jeopardize Your Car Accident Lawsuit
If you’ve been hurt in a motor vehicle accident because of the carelessness of another driver, you have a right to pursue that driver for full and fair compensation for all your losses. However, you need to be careful that you don’t do anything that … [Read more...]
What Is An Accident Report And What Is It’s Value?
You’ve been in a car crash and suffered injuries. It can be a chaotic time, with emotions and adrenalin running at a high level. After an accident, you should contact the police to come to the scene and request that they make an accident report. … [Read more...]
The New Texas Law Governing Commercial Truck Accident Claims
Its Impact of Victims in Commercial Truck Accidents In June, 2021, the Texas Legislature passed and Governor Greg Abbott signed HB19 into law, significantly changing the process by which a person injured in an accident involving a commercial truck … [Read more...]
Things to Know About Filing a Personal Injury Claim
Taking the Right Steps to Protect Yourself When you’re hurt because of the negligence of another person, everything can change in an instant, leaving you with questions: Should you file a lawsuit? Should you turn to your insurance … [Read more...]
What to Do After a Workplace Accident
Take the Right Steps to Maximize Your Recovery In Texas, when you suffer most types of injuries in the workplace, you have a right to file a claim for workers’ compensation, which is designed to cover lost wages and medical expenses. Though the … [Read more...]
Establishing Negligence in a Personal Injury Claim in Texas
Establishing negligence in a personal injury claim in Texas is vital to securing maximum compensation for damages and losses. So, what does this mean for your case? And how can a Texas personal injury lawyer help you establish negligence? At … [Read more...]
Catastrophic Injuries
Hi I'm Kern Lewis. I'm a Director of the Catastrophic Injury section of Bailey & Galyen. Catastrophic injuries are those that are more complicated than the average car wreck. These are injuries that will involve death, incapacitation, paralysis, … [Read more...]
Should I Handle My Own Personal Injury Claim?
Why You Always Want to Hire an Attorney to Represent You When you’re hurt because of the negligent acts of another person, you want to recover as much as you can to compensate for your injuries. Because you’ll have to pay a percentage of your damage … [Read more...]